Welcome on board!

Fit for the Future is collaborating with Good Journey to bring you a seminar on Sustainable Visitor Travel which will take place onboard a boat in Bristol – reached by ferry from the train station! Nat Taplin of Good Journey will explore ways to attract more visitors by train, bus, bike and foot. There will maximum participation and minimum powerpoint in this entertaining and eye-opening afternoon. Did you know that 25% of UK households don’t own a car? Find out how you can help them to visit you and reduce the carbon footprint of your organisation.

This event is mainly aimed at organisations with a leisure, tourism and recreation focus.

Nat Taplin has worked in sustainable transport and tourism for the past twenty years, for organisations including Campaign for Better Transport, the Centre for Alternative Technology and New Forest National Park.

Agenda 

13:00 – arrive, tea, coffee, networking

13:15: Introductions 

13:20: ‘pub quiz’ on visitor travel facts

13:40: Impacts of cars – why change? 

13:50: Video: South Downs National Park 

13:55: Visitor travel challenges & opportunities 

14:10: Feedback from small groups 

14:15 Tea break 

14:30: Video: Danish bus advert 

14:35: Good Journey 

14:45: Straw poll: on the current state of play 

14:50: Case studies of welcoming car-free visitors 

15:00: Ways to improve travel choices 

15:05: Aspirations: small immediate / big future 

15:15 Questions/discussion 

15:30: End